Jefferson chase



JEFFERSON CHASE, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent lo.` 74,305, dated February 1l, 1858.

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Be it known that I, JEFFERSON CHASE, of Orange, in the county ofFranl:lin,'and State of Massachusetts, have invented a. new and usefulDevice for Contining or Fastening a Hoop or Band; and do hereby declaretho following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the salue,due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making-part ofthis specification, and in which Figure 1 is aiperspective view; and

Figure 2 a. horizontal section of my invention.

Such invention-consists in a flat metallic plate, having slots orapertures formed in each end for receiving the respective opposite endsof the hoop or band, and confining them in place, as hereinafterexplained.

In the above-mentioned drawings, A denotes a flat metallic plate,rectangular, or'thereahouts, in general shape, and having an aperture orslot, a or b, uiade in each endof it. The hoop or band is shown Vat c,as of ordinary construction, in wood or metal, the two ends of suchhoop, after it has been passed about the barrel, or other object,'heingextended through the slots a or b, and lapped upon one'another; or theends of the hoop may be continued still furtheiyand not only lapped uponone another, but run through both slots, as shown in Figure 3 of thedrawings. u v

The hoop and clasp thus combined arcta be passed over the end of thebarrel, or other object, and driven forcibly upon it, in the manner ofapplying an ordinary hoop. The friction upon the bearing-surfacesot' thehoop and clasp thus forced together serves to ctl'ectually confine and`prevent escape of the ends of the hoop.

If in practice this friction is not found to answer the purpose, a smallindentation or rib may loe made upon the' hoop, for the reception of oneend of the clasp. For cotton-haie ties, the ends of the hoop, inaddition to being lapped and run through both slots ofthe plate orclasp, may have their extremities bent dou'n or over upon the plate, asshown in Figure 4.

If the metallic plate or clasp is made of wrought metal, it will yieldand conform itselt' tothe strain of the ends ofthe hoop sufficient toallow'of their entrance.` It' made of cast or malleable metal, theextreme ends of the plate, or that which forms the outer boundary ot'the slots, should he bent inward at an angle, as shown in Figure 5 ofthe drawings, in order to allow of the entrance of the ends of the hoop,and also to take a rm hold of the surface of such hoop.l l

I claim the clasp or plate A, having the slots a (I, formed hereindescribed, and operating to holdthe overlapping ends ofthe hand or hoop,substantially in the manner herein shown and set forth'.

JEFFERSON CHASE.

Witnesses:

E. C. GnIrFiTn, C.. W. BALDWIN.

